Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.10.01 17:38:00 -
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A secret Star Chamber is still a Star Chamber, regardless of tinkering around who sits on it or how many.
The core of any ban reform must be the disclosure of who, when and why bans are laid down for the community at large to digest and comment on.
Failure to do the above, makes any proposed reform irrelevant IMHO.
If CCP isn't willing to defend bans and their details in public on a case by case basis, then perhaps said ban is ultimately indefensible?
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Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
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Posted - 2014.10.02 15:23:00 -
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Haedonism Bot wrote:CCP is not a judicial body, it's a small video game company. They can only devote very few resources to policing the online interactions of their hundreds of thousands of customers, so it would be unrealistic to expected them to do it very well.
However, with that in mind, I think that we have a right to expect that in all but the most egregious of offenses, they would use warnings and temporary bans to keep player behavior from straying too close to the line. Permabannings should be only used after multiple temporary bans, and in cases in which a player poses an actual danger to the safety and quality of life of another player, such as in the case of the fellow who accused Mallak Azaria of **** and reported him to the police, or the fellow who made threatening phone calls to Psychotic Monk's girlfriend and employer.
The practice of having appeals processed by the same individual who decided on the ban in the first place is so unprofessional that I don't even know what CCP could be thinking on that one.
I feel there are only two ways to go with this, and its the middle ground that CCP has gotten into trouble with...
1) Publish every ban, preceding warnings and narrative on cause for the community to review and comment on. This way the community can at least be assured arbitrary Star Chamber executions are not being done by individual employees grinding personal axes. They can decide on a personal level if they agree with said bans or not, and make informed choices to continue subscriptions. Additionally, they would get a clearer lens into where the 'line' actually falls, helping them avoid crossing it. This is NOT a bad thing.
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2) Ban in complete secrecy, and cut the crap with nebulous 'real life harassment' posts in the forums that use timely insinuations to smear players, without sacking up to actually accuse individuals of anything, letting the pansies in the mob do your dirty work for you. Ban in complete secrecy, and only say 'no comment' when asked, and live with any player backlash accompanying that.
Any tweaks to process, etc beyond that will be ultimately fail IMHO. They need to go either full disclosure, or full secrecy, and live with all each choice entails.
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